Kenya is eagerly awaiting the imminent switch-on of its first fibre-optic cable, which many hope will spark an explosion in high-tech business.
The AU needs to double the size of its peacekeeping force in Somalia, where an Islamist insurgency threatens the internationally backed government.
A rights group says security forces have again tortured scores of men and raped a dozen women in a sweep against the mainly ethnic population of remote north-east Kenya.
Kenya’s post-election mediator says the country’s leaders have until August to set up a local court for perpetrators of violence or face international action.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has taken over the helm of Africa's main trading bloc as his country seeks to emerge from an economic meltdown.